Google Will Launch App to Compete with Flipboard: Google vowed to bring a competitor to market after its attempt to purchase social news-reading app Flipboard was rebuffed; the app, code named Propeller, is expected to launch next week. [All Things D]

Facebook Pulls the Plug on Group Messanger Beluga: After rolling the Beluga functionality into their Messenger app, Facebook will shut-down the Beluga messaging service on November 11th (though you will be able to access your old messages until December 15th). [TechCrunch]